NVR3 User Manual v3.0.02(English)

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NVR 3.0
User’s Manual
For V3.0.02 Version
2013/03/21
NVR 3.0 User’s Manual
About This Manual
Target Audience
This manual is intended for End Users who actually execute security tasks such as monitoring
activities, patrolling secured zones, searching video data and managing alarms with use of
NVR surveillance system. The reader is expected to own not only the basic operation skills but
permissions to access major functionalities, as the access rights are based upon different user
roles defined by the System Administrators.
You may also check video management system section on ACTi corporate website:
http://www.acti.com/nvr3 or updates or release information about this software and this
document.
Content Overview
This manual provides information needed for monitoring the whole system and playback
recordings. Its content consists of the following sections:
 Login provides instructions on how to log in to NVR server system as different clients.
 NVR User Interface Overview gives you a glance of the user interface components and
module functions.
 Live View introduces the methods to add your desired channels and arrange your
customized live view layout on live view screen.
 Monitoring provides guidance on how to read the system alerts and status, do live view
PTZ operations, take a snapshot and execute manual recording.
 Playback gives instructions on how to perform synchronized playback and export files
from NVR server system.
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Related Documentation
Since this manual focuses on operation instructions for live view operations, playback, search
video and export files from NVR server, there is very limited information about system
installation and configurations for System Administrator. System Administrators and End
Users who would like to obtain the instructions on NVR system setup, please acquire the
latest ACTi NVR 3.0 Administrator’s Manual from ACTi Corporation website via
http://www.acti.com/nvr3
Technical Support
For technical support or feedback, please contact our engineers via our Customer Help Desk
platform http://www.acti.com/CHD
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Conventions Used in This Manual
The following are typographic conventions used in this manual:
 Bold: Bold typeface is used for a keyword, major functions of NVR, or a title of a
section/column.
 Italic: Italic typeface is used for a filename or location path.
 Underlined: Underlined typeface is used for a document name or hyperlink.
 “Bold”: Bold interface enclosed in double quotation marks indicates the name of a button or
a choice item.
Some notices are placed within the following boxes; each type of the box indicates different
purposes or levels of importance for system:
Important Notice
The content within this box is an important notice. This notice is important for you to get
certain function to work properly, or to prevent from certain potential problems that may damage
your system. Make sure you read this notice and follow the instructions.
Note
The content within this box is a note. A note is some necessary information you need to know
about the action you are currently taking, like what will happen after you follow or don’t follow
certain procedure.
Tip
The content within this box is a tip. A tip gives you an alternative method to easily or quickly
achieve an objective, usually for specific conditions.
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Legal Notice
Disclaimer
 The information contained in this document is intended for general information purposes.
ACTi Corporation shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or
consequential damages arising from the furnishing, performance, or use of this manual.
 The information contained herein is subject to change without notice.
Copyright
Copyright © 2003-2012 ACTi Corporation All Rights Reserved.
Trademarks
 ACTi Connecting Vision and its logo
are registered trademarks of ACTi
Corporation.
 Microsoft® and Windows® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
All other product or company names mentioned in this document may be trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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Table of Contents
1 About This Manual
2
Target Audience .................................................................................... 2
Content Overview ................................................................................. 2
Related Documentation ........................................................................ 3
Technical Support .................................................................................. 3
Conventions Used in This Manual ......................................................... 4
2 Legal Notice
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Disclaimer ……………………………………………………………………….5
Copyright ……………………………………………………………………….5
Trademarks ............................................................................................ 5
3 Table of Contents
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4 Overview
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ACTi NVR Server / Client Architecture ................................................... 9
5 Log In to the System
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Access NVR 3.0 Server via Internet Explorer Browser .......................... 10
From Server Computer ................................................................ 10
From Another Computer .............................................................. 10
Login ............................................................................................ 11
Enter Account & Password
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Change UI language
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Remember Login Information
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Set Auto Login
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Access NVR 3.0 Server via NVR3 Workstation ...................................... 12
Login ............................................................................................ 12
Server IP & Server Port
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Choose the Initial Screen
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6 NVR User Interface Overview
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NVR Resident Toolbars ........................................................................ 13
NVR Main Module Screens .................................................................. 15
Live View ...................................................................................... 15
Playback....................................................................................... 15
Setup............................................................................................ 15
7 Live View
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Watch Live View .................................................................................. 17
Select a View ............................................................................... 17
Select a Camera .......................................................................... 18
Device List
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Remove a Channel ...................................................................... 19
Remove All Channels ................................................................... 19
Enable View Patrol ....................................................................... 20
8 Monitor the System
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Acknowledge System Alerts and Channel Status ................................ 21
Channel Status ............................................................................ 21
Event Panel .................................................................................. 22
Instant Event Playback ................................................................. 23
Pop-up Event Playback ................................................................ 24
Hot-Spot Window ......................................................................... 24
Live View Operations........................................................................... 25
Show Mini Live View Windows on a Map ..................................... 25
Adjust Audio-in Volume ................................................................ 26
Send Audio Signal........................................................................ 26
Trigger Digital-out Device ............................................................. 27
Watch Instant Playback of a Channel........................................... 28
Manual Recording ........................................................................ 28
Take a Snapshot of Live View Image............................................ 29
Digital PTZ ................................................................................... 29
Optical PTZ (Pan/Tilt/Zoom) Operations via PTZ Panel ............... 30
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Optical PTZ (Pan/Tilt/Zoom) Navigation on Channel ................... 31
9 Playback
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Playback UI Introduction ..................................................................... 32
How to Do Playback ............................................................................ 33
Add Video Source ........................................................................ 33
Remove Unwanted Channels....................................................... 33
Search on Time Bar .............................................................................. 34
Display Event Types ..................................................................... 35
Event Type Highlight Colors
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Playback Controls ........................................................................ 35
Turn On Daylight Saving Time Function ....................................... 35
Digital Zoom on Playback.................................................................... 36
Search by Filter .................................................................................... 37
View Search Results .................................................................... 38
Take a Snapshot of the Playback View ................................................ 39
Export the Recordings ......................................................................... 40
Define the Section of Exported Video on Time Bar ...................... 40
Set the Export Video Settings ...................................................... 41
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Overview
ACTi NVR 3.0 is a Windows-based software that provides distributed network video
surveillance solution with full functionality. This software supports centralized management,
real-time monitoring and recording of up to 100 ACTi video streaming devices from local or
remote network, with rule-based services to trigger multiple schedules and events.
ACTi NVR Server / Client Architecture
ACTi NVR 3.0 is a typical web-based server/client system. In a video surveillance system
architecture, the Server serves as a video management service provider, aimed to run 24/7
offering non-stop services for clients. A Client makes requests of monitoring video streams or
playback recordings to Server, which can reside on the same computer with server program
(as from local) or on another computer (as from remote). Server starts automatically as soon
as the Server computer (where it is installed) boots up, and operates in the background
without requiring login by administrator. It would provide services over the TCP/IP network to
multiple Clients upon request through HTTP Protocol.
There are two types of Clients in NVR 3.0 system: Web Client and Workstation Client. A
user, connecting from whether web browser or workstation, will enjoy the same user interface
and NVR functions.
 Web Client: the web version of interface to access NVR server without need of installing any
client program to become a client. Logging in the NVR server is as simple as visiting a website
through IE browser.
 Workstation Client: the client application making accessing NVR server free from the use
of browser .The workstation includes a set of programs that provide interface between users
and the NVR server.
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Log In to the System
There are two types of clients in NVR 3.0 system: Web Client and Workstation Client.
Both clients will enjoy the same user interface and functions. A web client can access NVR 3.0
system via the Windows default browser: Internet Explorer; while a workstation client
requires the NVR3Worksation pre-installed on the computer. This section will include the said
methods to access your NVR 3.0 system.
Access NVR 3.0 Server via Internet Explorer Browser
The computer where NVR server is installed is called Server Computer. You may access the
server directly via Internet Explorer or NVR3Workstation on any computer within the same
network with the server computer.
From Server Computer
If you are connecting to NVR server on the server computer (where NVR server program is
un-installed). Please open your browser, in URL box, type http://localhost/ or http://127.0.0.1
From Another Computer
If you are connecting to NVR server on another computer, please open your IE browser, in
URL box, type in http://server ip address.
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Login
Enter Account & Password
Please obtain the Account & Password information from System Administrator who has
previously set up your User account in NVR 3.0 system.
●Account (non case-sensitive): deckard kain (example)
●Password (case-sensitive): Aa123456 (example)
Change UI language
To change UI language, select the desired language from “Language” dropdown list.
Remember Login Information
To have the server remember your Login name, password and language setting for future,
check “Remember login info”. Click “Don’t remember” will clear your input.
Set Auto Login
Check “Remember login info” then “Auto Login” to skip the Login page
and go directly to the main page every time you log in from this PC. If your
PC may be accessed by someone without proper authority, please DO
NOT use either of these functions.
To cancel auto-login, on title bar, click
 “Logout NVR” to return to
login page, and this function is cancelled.
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Access NVR 3.0 Server via NVR3 Workstation
NVR3 Workstation includes a set of programs that provide interface between users and the
NVR server. It may be installed on the same PC as the NVR server, or they may be installed
separately and connected to NVR Server via network.
Double-click the shortcut icon on your desktop to execute this workstation
application.
Login
Fill in the following fields then click “Login” to log in to the system. The login process of
Workstation is very much the same as that of Web browser (please refer to the section in this
manual: Login on page 11) except for the following,
Server IP & Server Port
● In Server IP field, key in localhost or 127.0.0.1 if NVR3 Workstation is on the same
computer with NVR server. If you are connecting from another computer, please input the ip
address of server computer, for example: 220.228.146.21.
● In Server Port field, key in the default port number 80.
Choose the Initial Screen
NVR 3.0 user interface consists of three main module screens: Live
View, Playback and Setup, you may choose one where you would
like to enter after logging in. Default is Live View screen.
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NVR User Interface Overview
Unlike some NVR system products on the market, whose tree-like structure may easily
confuse the User. NVR 3.0’s easy user interface structure saves you a lot of time and hassle
going from one page to another. Once you log in to the system, you may switch to any of the
main function modules: Live View, Playback and Setup on any screen.
Live View
Playback
Setup
NVR Resident Toolbars
These resident toolbars are important functions or links that you often need through all the
operations in NVR system.
3 Layout Selection Bar
4 View Tool Bar
1 Tool Bar
NVR 2
Module
Bar
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1 Toolbar: To the right of title bar reside three links to most-used functions throughout all
screens:
Options are certain useful functions you mostly need. The provided functions vary
on different screens.
Live view Screen
Playback Screen
Setup Screen
System Log provides the search
module for you to review the records
of user’s behavior on this server. This
is only available when your User right has
permission to access it.
About Us displays the software version number and required ActiveX Control
version number. You may also find ACTi supportive links here.
2 NVR Module Bar includes three main module screens: Live View, Playback and Setup. You
can click the button to enter the function page directly.
3 Layout Selection Bar provides 24 different layout styles on Live View and Playback screen.
4 View Tool Bar provides function keys for View editing on Live View screen.
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NVR Main Module Screens
Click on the orange buttons on Module Bar to switch among these three main screens directly.
Live View
In this module you can see live
view from cameras and devices,
perform PTZ operations with
mouse or Joystick, view system
log, receive alert on the Event
panel, setup view layouts,
perform manual recording or
take a snapshot.
Playback
You may find and playback
existing recordings in this module.
Up to 100 channels may be
played back synchronously.
Snapshots or video segments
can be taken from playback files.
Recorded files can also be
exported to AVI format here.
Setup
This module includes user
setup, device setup, event
setup, schedule setup and
system-wide settings
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Live View
Live View is the interface where you see the live views from your cameras. It is where most of
the security professionals access the surveillance system. Aside from keeping an eye on the
video, you may also cycle through View layouts, drag and drop various cameras to the screen,
review a log of events, take snapshots, control PTZ cameras, start or stop recording on a given
channel, trigger Digital output and broadcast or talk to specific cameras. In this section, you will
be given instructions on the said fundamental operations. To start, click Live View tab to enter
live view screen.
Video Source Panels
.
View Info
Event Panel
View Tool Bar
Command Panels
Layout Selection Bar
Live View Display Area
● View Info: displays the information: [Current View name][Focused Channel name].
● Video Source Panels: View List panel and Device List panel provide two types of video
source for live view display area.
● Event Panel: displays alerts of detected motion, abnormal system and device status.
● Live View Command Panels: Control panel and PTZ panel provide most used live view
operation commands.
● Layout Selection Bar: offers up to 24 different layout styles.
● View Tool Bar: you may create a view and save it using the buttons here. You may also
assign specific layout to start patrolling.
● Liver View Display Area: you may add up to 100 channels into this area to monitor them
concurrently.
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Watch Live View
Upon logging in to the system, you will enter the live view screen. If your System Administrator
or colleagues have already set the default layout, you may immediately see the live view, and
start monitoring without the need to arrange the devices or layouts.
Select a View
In NVR 3.0 system, a View refers to the layout where the live images of a few devices are
arranged in proper positions to suit the monitoring purpose. This is very similar to a Camera
Group, which consists of cameras in the same physical location or with the same device
functions. For example, a View named First Floor may contain the cameras that actually
placed in the secured area on the first floor. Once created, each camera view is assigned to a
certain channel on the layout style selected by creator.
Note
Based on your User Group permissions, you may or may not own the privilege
● To create, edit or delete a Public View or a Private View
● To assign a specific View as default View
● To see all the cameras included in a Public View.
Therefore, you may find certain view edit functions not available on the View Tool Bar.
To watch a saved View, simply click on it on View List panel.
Above the View List panel title will display
[Current View name]:Device name
● The Public Views
are open to every User
● The Private Views
are only available to the User
who created them. You may not see this folder if without the
User right to own the Private Views.
● The view with a pin on it
is set by System
Administrator as default view. You will enter this view every
time you log in.
For details about how to create and edit a View, please refer to the chapter Customize Views
in NVR 3.0 Administrator’s Manual.
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Select a Camera
To watch the live view of individual devices, you need to identify and add this device video
stream to a blank channel in display area. All the devices that you are allowed to see are in the
Device List panel on the left. The permissions to watch different devices are defined by your
User Group, the details of which are managed by the System Administrator.
To pull in video sources to the display area:
From Device List panel, double-click on a device or drag it to Display area. By double-clicking
on
“All
Device”,
all
the
devices
will
be
added
to
the
Display
area.
Device List
To view the device information, put the cursor over the device
figure to bring the info box up.
In Device List panel, you may also sort the devices in different order. Click
on title bar,
select “Device Sort”, and choose “by IP” or “by ID” as the sorting method.
By Device IP
By Device ID (default)
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Remove a Channel
To remove a channel from display window, you may right-click to bring up quick menu on the
channel, and select “Remove” to remove this video source.
Remove All Channels
You may disconnect all devices by clicking
in title bar and selecting “Remove All”.
Tip
Full Screen
On system title bar, click
the icon
then select “Full Screen” to enter full screen mode. Click
on top right corner of title bar to return to normal mode.
Stretch/Un-stretch Channel View
On title bar, click
window.
then select “Stretch” to make the width of video to fulfill the
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Enable View Patrol
You may have the saved Views patrol in turns. In this way, the views in different areas in your
site may cycle through themselves for you automatically.
On title bar, click
patrol, click
to select a saved patrol. As patrolling is running on Live View is doing
to stop.
You may create an Instant Patrol, which will only temporarily take effect during your current
login.
To configure the instant patrol, please:
1. Define the Global Dwell Time between
the views. If you want to set different
dwell time length for individual Views, do
not check this option, and configure them
separately in below table.
2. Choose the Views to display in patrol. If
you select the All Device group, you will
also need to select “All Device Layout
Style” for it.
3. Click “Apply” to save the settings. This
patrol will instantly start running until you
click
.
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Monitor the System
The security monitoring, in surveillance world, involve monitoring or patrolling the whole site,
discovering unusual circumstances or investigating the scene at the earliest time. The said
tasks would require knowledge and skills to make use of NVR server functions. This section
will introduce the essentials of how you achieve the goal with NVR 3.0 server.
Acknowledge System Alerts and Channel Status
On NVR Live view screen, it is essential to observe the system status events. As unexpected
environmental factors or human behaviors may take place to influence your surveillance
system like power failure or internet connection interruption, NVR server may lose the
connection with devices, and hence you might lose the important video evidence.
Channel Status
The title bar of each channel window displays certain status information about this device.
The indicators
The color of two indicators on top right
channel title bar shows the following
status:
●Right
:Device is connected with video
presence
Device Name+ Date & Time
:Devices is not connected
:Device is connected, video is not
received
●Left
: Performing manual recording
: Taking snapshot
If this device is triggered by events such as video motion,
PIR motion or digital input device, the channel title bar would
turn red for a while to alert you that some movements have
been detected. Based on System Administrator’s setting,
you may hear the “Beep” audio alert when certain devices
are triggered.
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On a map channel, if a device is triggered by events such as video motion, PIR motion or
digital input device, an event icon will blibk besided the device icon for a few seconds.
Click on the device icon to see mini live view window on the map.
Video Motion
Digital Input
PIR Motion
Event Panel
It is important to check out the messages pushed into Event panel all the time. These
messages are arranged in a reverse-time order (newest on top, oldest on bottom).
The messages notify you of the following device or system status:
Motion Name
Date & Time
Device Name
Detected Motion
Digital Input triggered
Video Recovery
Delete File Fail
Video Loss
Disk Full
Network Recovery
PIR Motion
Network Loss
Disk Not Found
Disk is Available
Server Recovery
Server Loss
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Important Notice
When NVR server fails to connect a device, to get the video or have disk problems, it might be
caused by a temporary network disconnection in your overall environment. The connection
might recover after the problem is fixed. If not, please contact your System Administrator.
Instant Event Playback
Among these types of Event messages, you may individually watch the event playback of a
motion (video motion, DI or PIR) event or transmission status event (video recovery & loss,
network recovery& loss).
To bring up the instant event playback window, double-click on an event entry:
As the window pops out, it will immediately start playing live view stream. You may draw the
time bar back and forth to search.
● Click
to play video,
to pause, or
● On time bar, click the blue mark
or
to play live view video.
which indicates the event’s occurrence, and then
to playback this event.
● Click
to start manual recording the currently-playing video.
● Click
to take a snapshot of this view.
● Click
to switch to Playback screen.
● Click
on top right of the window title to close.
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Pop-up Event Playback
Sometimes the instant event playback window would automatically pop-up to notify you of
events detected on certain camera sites. As the events in certain sensitive spots will have
higher priority than other channels, your System Administrator would apply this “Pop-up Event
Window” function to these cameras. In this way, these critical events will be pushed into your
sight actively.
On the left of the window may list a series of motions detected within the same period. You may
double-click on any entry to see its live view or playback the event. This window would
automatically disappear after a while, and you may still look these events up in the Event
panel.
Hot-Spot Window
In your Live View screen, the upper left window may sometimes display a device video instead
of the original channel. This is because the events detected in certain sensitive spots will have
higher priority than other channels. Whichever View you are watching, the events detected by
those cameras will be temporarily displayed in this window to catch your attention.
You can set any other channel on your live view screen to be the default hotspot channel.
Right-click on the desired channel and select “Default Hotspot”
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Live View Operations
Aside from pure watching, there are more benefits provided by NVR server to accomplish
more tasks. For example, you may make use of the audio function to commutate with people
on camera side, look into more details with PTZ devices, or navigate the whole scene on the
maps.
Show Mini Live View Windows on a Map
You may open mini live view windows of all devices on a map channel to get an overview of
what is happing on this map.
● Click on the icon
to enter another linked map.
● Double-click on a device icon to open its live view window.
● On the map channel, right-click and select “Show All Live View”.
If certain mini windows appear out of view, you can drag on anywhere on the map to move the
image until the window reveals.
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Adjust Audio-in Volume
If one or more cameras are connected with an audio-in device like a microphone, or supports
two-way audio function, the audio signal will be recorded along with video stream. You may
listen to the real-time audio on Live View screen or recorded audio in Playback screen. In
Live view, NVR server will send out the audio signal when you select a channel. On bottom
right of Live View screen is the audio-in volume control.
● To mute the channel audio, click
● To activate the channel audio, click
.
.
● To adjust audio volume, drag on the volume meter.
Send Audio Signal
● To talk to the audience through speaker connected to one camera, right-click on a channel to
bring up the quick menu, and select “Audio Out”. When this icon appears in orange, your
audio-out function is activated, every sound you make through the microphone on your client
computer will be sent out to this camera only.
Microphone Off
Microphone On
● To broadcast to multiple cameras, click
on Live view Control
panel. Your audio will be sent to all the channels connected to a
speaker in current View.
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Trigger Digital-out Device
If a camera is connected with a digital-out device such as a door contact or an alarm, you may
trigger it via NVR server on Live View screen. Do either of the following:
On the channel, right-click to bring up the quick menu, the DO icon will appear available if the
corresponding DO device is connected. Click “DO” to trigger it, click again to stop triggering.
● As a channel is focused, click
on Live view Control panel, click again to stop
triggering.
Note
Trigger DO and sending audio to a specific device are only available on a single camera channel.
On a map channel, you may do “Audio Broadcast” to all devices in this view.
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Watch Instant Playback of a Channel
You may watch the playback of any channel in a pop-up window on Live View without
switching to Playback screen. As a channel is focused, click
on Live View Control
panel.
Manual Recording
You may manually record the real-time video on Live view screen. This video will only be
searchable in Playback. You may switch to Playback screen to find this clip(please refer to the
section in this manual: Search by Filter on page 37 for instructions).
To do manual recording, do one of the following:
●On a channel, right-click to bring up the quick menu, then select “Manual Record”.
Once the recording starts, the left indicator on the channel title bar will turn red. To stop
recording, click “Manual Record” again on quick menu.
Manual Recording
● To manual record all channels in current View, on Live view Control panel, click
start; click
to
to stop.
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Take a Snapshot of Live View Image
You may take a snapshot on a channel live image on Live View screen. The snapshot will be
saved to default folder on your client computer as .jpg format (The system default location is
Windows Desktop). You may find the location path on the bottom of NVR window after taking
a snapshot.
You may do one of the following to take a snapshot:
● On a channel, right-click to bring up the quick menu and select “Snapshot”. While the
snapshot is being taken, the left indicator on the channel title bar will turn blue. After the picture
is taken, the indicator will then turn grey.
● As a channel is focused, click
on Live view Control
panel to take a snapshot.
Digital PTZ
Regardless of the device models, you may perform digital zooming on Live view screen.
1. Click and drag a highlight rectangle
over any channel, and the area
highlighted will be displayed in the full
live video window. In this mode, a
picture-in-picture view will show in the
Draw Zoom area
lower right of live view window. A red
rectangle will mark the currently
enlarged view area within the full size
Cancel Zoom area
video. You may drag the red rectangle over the image to zoom another area.
2. To go back to the original full video view, just right-click on the minimized Picture in
Picture view.
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Optical PTZ (Pan/Tilt/Zoom) Operations via PTZ Panel
If there is a camera supporting optical pan/tilt/zoom function in current view, you may operate it
via the PTZ panel.
Digital/Optical Zoom switch
Zoom Controls
Click to switch the PTZ mode between digital PTZ
optical PTZ mode
PTZ mode.
and
. A non-PTZ device will only have digital
If the camera has controllable zoom,
these two buttons will zoom the lens
in or out.
8-directional PTZ
Focus Controls
navigation controls
If the camera has
Click to control PTZ
movements.
controllable focus, this will
shift the focus of the
camera.
Pan/Tilt/Zoom Speed
Iris Controls
Controls
If the camera has
Click on the speed
controllable iris, these two
meter to define the
buttons will modify Iris
speed of PTZ
level.
movement.
Goto Preset Menu
Preset Tour Menu
PTZ Command Menu
Select the preset point name
Select a tour name from the
Select a command from the
from the list to go to the spot.
list to start a PTZ tour.
list to execute particular
Click the title “Goto Preset”
Click ”Stop” to stop touring.
action command. Click the
to close menu.
Click the title “Preset Tour”
title “PTZ Command” to
to close menu.
close menu.
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Optical PTZ (Pan/Tilt/Zoom) Navigation on Channel
You may also use mouse to perform PTZ negation on a channel view or a mini live view
window on a map.
Place the mouse over the channel to do the following PTZ operations:
● To execute optical Panning and Tilting, click anywhere on the live window to allow the
camera to move in that direction. The length of the direction indicator is proportional to the Pan
and Tilt speed. The farther you place the cursor from the center, the faster the Pan/Tilt
movement.
● To execute optical Zoom in or Zoom out, scroll the mouse wheel forward to zoom in; scroll
the mouse wheel backward to zoom out.
Pan/Tilt
Zoom in
Zoom out
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Playback
NVR Playback is the NVR module that processes recorded clips. You may search, playback
and export video through Active Player. Playback may include up to 100 channels
synchronized playback. Video clips may also be exported in either RAW or AVI formats.
Playback UI Introduction
Playback screen consists of four function areas: Video Source, Playback Display, Time Bar
and Search Panel.
●Video Source Area: Provides both saved Views and Device Tree, you may drag a view or
device to Playback Display Area to view the recordings.
● Playback Display Area: You may have multiple-channel synchronized playback in this area
●Tim Bar Area: The time bar of the video source in Playback Display Area will be shown here.
You may drag on the time bar back and forth to your desired time spot.
●Search Tool Area: The Search results and Control panels are shown here. You may find the
playback controls, search tool and export options in Control panel. The Search results will
display your search results in thumbnails, providing event filter and pagination to easily scan
through.
Video
Source
Playback Display Area
Search
Tool
Time Bar
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How to Do Playback
On NVR screen, click into “Playback” page to enter Playback view, none of the video sources
is selected in the beginning, and you have to select your desired channels.
Add Video Source
There are two ways to pull in video sources:
1. In View area, click on a saved view.
2. From Device List panel, double-click on a device or drag it to Display area.
Through either way, you may add video sources, and their time bars will display in Time Bar
area. Your playback operations and search will be based on these selected channels.
In the meanwhile, you may change the layout styles from Layout Selection Bar on title bar.
Remove Unwanted Channels
You will only need the desired channels to be kept in Display area, as you don’t want too many
unnecessary results after you perform a search.
To remove a channel from Display area, you may place your cursor over the channel, and right
click the mouse, then right-click menu provides “Remove”, “Export Video” and “Snapshot” for
a single channel.
Note
The view of a map channel will not be record, and therefore it has no time bar or recordings for
playback.
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To remove all channels at one time, on title bar, click
to bring up the most used
playback-related commands menu, and select “Remove All”.
Search on Time Bar
You may focus on a certain channel as a search base. Its time bar will be highlighted as well.
1. To find specific later time spot, drag the cursor to the left.
2. To find specific former time spot, drag the cursor to the right.
3. Click on
to previous time section;
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Display Event Types
By default, the “Manual” recording will display in orange, while “Schedule” recording displays
in grey on the time bar. To highlight specific events, you may enable the “Event” and “DI” event
highlighters on Control panel.
Event Type Highlight Colors
Playback Controls
The playback related controls reside in Control Panel. You may adjust the video play speed, do
a reverse / forward play, or pause the video to spot your desired view. For non-continuous
recording types such as DI, Event or Manual recording, you may use the “Previous
Recording” or “Next Recording” buttons to jump to the part directly.
Rewind
Pause
Play
Go to current time
Go to Specific time
Next Recording
Previous Recording
Rewind / Forward Speed
Daylight Saving Time Switch
Time bar scale
Turn On Daylight Saving Time Function
NVR Server will detect and display your client computer local time on Liver View and
Playback screen. Once you apply Daylight Saving Time rule on your computer, NVR server
will automatically enable this function on Control panel. You may disable this function to view
playback according to Coordinated Universal Time.
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Digital Zoom on Playback
Regardless of the device models, you may perform digital zooming while the video is playing.
1. Click and drag a highlight rectangle over any channel, and the area highlighted will be
displayed in the full live video window. In this mode, a picture-in-picture view will show
in the lower right of live view window. A red rectangle will mark the currently enlarged
view area within the full size video. You may click and drag the red rectangle to see
another area.
2. To go back to the original full video view, just right-click on the minimized Picture-inPicture view.
Draw Zoom area
Cancel Zoom area
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Search by Filter
If you are clear about (1) When (2) as which event type (3) Where the incident happened, you
will not need to drag on time bar all the way to the spot. The search filter can sort out the video
clips that match your criteria.
1. On Control panel, click
to bring up the Search filter settings window.
2. Set the criteria.
● Set Time Duration:
Put the start date/time and the end date/time, the maximum duration is 3 days.
● Set Event Types:
Click on the event type buttons to highlight, only the selected event types will displayed
in results.
● Set Device Types:
Click on the device names to select.
3. Click “Apply” to start searching
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View Search Results
The search results will then start being generated in thumbnails in Search Result window.
However, it might take a few seconds if a large number of results are found. The thumbnails
are listed in sequential order, left-to-right and top-to-bottom.
Do advanced sorting by enabling
different event type filters.
Choose different
thumbnail layout
Focus on certain view, and then you may play this
recording or download this snapshot.
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
The page number will keep increasing
until all the results are found.
This icon
will show to display that
searching is still in process.
Click to return to Playback screen.
Your last performed search result will be kept in the Search panel on the left screen. You may
focus on specific result view while watching the playback in the mean time.
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Take a Snapshot of the Playback View
You may save the snapshot of focused channel to NVR server computer during playback.
1. Focus on a channel, right-click the mouse to bring up quick menu, and then click
“Snapshot”.
2. Click the
on Control panel to take a snapshot of the focused channel.
You may take a snapshot on a channel live image on Live view screen. The snapshot will be
saved to default folder on your client computer as .jpg format (The system default location is
Windows Desktop). You may find the location path on the bottom of NVR window after taking
a snapshot.
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Export the Recordings
NVR playback offers two choices of video format for the exported video. The *.raw file, as the
original video file format captured from video source, is able to be played on ACTi Archive
Player. You may download the this utility from http://www.acti.com/utility
The*.AVI file, as The most widely adopted video format on Windows system, can be instantly
transferred by NVR server and played directly in Windows Media Player.
Before starting to export the video, please make sure there is enough memory space on the
hard drive of your destination computer.
To play the exported *.AVI file in other video players, you must have FFDShow or DivX
codec installed in your computer. They can be found over the internet at the following
sites:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow/
http://www.divx.com/en/software/divx-plus/codec-pack
Define the Section of Exported Video on Time Bar
You may define the video duration on time bar during the playback. In this way, you don’t spend
extra time and effort on finding the specific date and time information.
1. On time bar, drag to the start point of the video, right-click to bring up quick menu, then
select “Mark Export Start”.
2. If you have successfully set the start point, the time duration will turn yellow as you
drag to another point. Drag to the end, right-click to bring up quick menu, and then
select “Mark Export End”.
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2
2
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3
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3. As both start point and end are set, you may right-click again the quick menu and find
these two options are already
3 gray out. Select “Export Video”
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Depending on your scenario, you may first set the end point, then the start point.
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Set the Export Video Settings
You may export video with or without defining the time duration beforehand since you can
configure all the settings on Export Setting window. On Control panel, click
to enter the
window.
1. Select the devices. If more than one device are selected, you will get multiple
recordings.
2. Set the time duration. The minimum duration is 10 seconds, maximum is 1 hour. (For
individual recording, if the total size is over 2 GB, the file will be divided).
3. Choose the video format, you may enable the “Filter no video” function to skip the
video gaps.
4. Set the overlay text if needed. The maximum number of characters for Text is 40.
5. This exported video can be saved to your current client computer. Please choose the
location. By default, the files will be saved to Desktop.
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6. Click “Apply” to start file converting and exporting. The export process window will
appear. In the Device column displays the processed/ total number of video clips of
that device. You may also observe the remaining processing time of each device’s
video files.
There are five types of process status: success, converting, waiting, no data and fail
It might happen that there is certain section in a recording that exists no video data; if the
status shows “Fail”, it may be that your disk drive does not have enough space for video files,
please make some space and click
again to re-execute this export task.
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NVR3 User Manual v3.0.02(English)

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